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Robot Operating System Cookbook

By : Kumar Bipin
Book Image

Robot Operating System Cookbook

By: Kumar Bipin

Overview of this book

This book will leverage the power of ROS with an introduction to its core and advanced concepts through exciting recipes. You will get acquainted with the use of different synchronous and asynchronous communication methods, including messages, services, and actions. You will learn how to use the various debugging and visualization tools used in development and how to interface sensors and actuators with the ROS framework. Firstly, you will get to grips with ROS simulation frameworks, such as Gazebo and RotorS for modeling and simulating any physical robot and virtual environment. You will also cover mobile robotics, micro-aerial vehicles, and robotic arms, which are the leading branches of robotic applications. Robot Operating System Cookbook will also guide you in the development of an autonomous navigation framework for both mobile robots and micro-aerial vehicles. Finally, you will explore ROS-Industrial, an open source project that extends the advanced capabilities of ROS software to manufacturing industries.
Table of Contents (12 chapters)

Autonomous navigation framework for an MAV/Drone

One of the greatest advantages of the RotorS simulator is that it comes with a fully integrated and functional trajectory tracking controller. This motivates us to implement higher-level tasks such as collision avoidance and path planning without having to implement state estimation and the controller first. Additionally, in simulation, we also have access to perfect ground truth, which is usually hard to get on real systems.

Getting ready

Overall, we have the required setup and resources to experiment and develop a comprehensive autonomous navigation framework for any MAV. Once we have a working solution in a simulation, transitioning to real world systems is typically an engineering...